they are hoping gop law americas will cooperate after they begin to see the effects of the cuts. in his weekly address the president blamed the sequester on the gop. >> it is happening was congress helps reduce the deficit. this week they decided special interest tax breaks for the well off well connected is more important than protecting our military and middle class families from these cuts. >> yet another crisis looming at the end of this month when the government could cut down when there's no agreement. >>> 4 minutes after the top of the hour. time to look who is talking this morning. we are hearing from former presidential candidate mitt romney. >> romney sitting down with fox news sunday in an exclusive interview. this is the first since he lost the election. he talked about what life has been like since the campaign and he addressed the issue of sequestration. he has been critical the role has played in the negotiations so far. we should have a deal but politics gets in the way. >> today what we have seen is the president campaigning the american people around the country